This appointment prepares you for international travel by providing personalized destination and activity-dependent recommendations. Your consult includes a review of your travel destination, activity-related risks, prevention strategies, shots, travel prescriptions, and a review of current regional travel advisories, if applicable.
A Travel Health Clearance is needed if your destination country or host university needs additional forms filled out on your behalf.
You MUST bring this paperwork to your visit.
To Schedule
- Log on to http://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu/
- Click on Patient Portal Gateway
- Enter your UCSB NET ID and Password
- Click Messages on left hand side of the menu.
- Click New Message
- Select Travel Consult (Shots & Rx)
- Complete Travel Appointment Request form. (Your appointment confirmation will be sent within 5 business days by secure message.)
Travel Consult reminders
- Let your Travel Health provider know if you have any itinerary or anticipated activity changes since submitting your appointment request form
- Bring your vaccine records if you haven't already submitted a full set of records
- Be prepared to be vaccinated on the day of the visit
- Watch the online travel education video, if it was assigned to you
- If you waived out of UC SHIP, check with your insurance carrier about their coverage for travel-related expenses before you come to your consult.
When Scheduling at the Appointment Desk
- Bring your host country or university paperwork to the appointment desk in the Student Health lobby
- $50 regardless of insurance coverage
- Bring immunization records if complete records were not already uploaded to your medical chart